creators_name: Arora, Raman
creators_name: Dias, Avril
editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas
editors_name: Baliga, Shantaram
editors_id: Kakkilaya BS
editors_id: Baliga BS
type: journale
datestamp: 2007-04-26
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:49
metadata_visibility: show
title: Iodine and Thyroid Cancer in Goa
ispublished: pub
subjects: OJHAS
full_text_status: public
keywords: Iodine, Thyroid carcinoma, Papillary, Follicular
abstract: There is a low papillary to follicular ratio in iodine deficient areas. A study of malignant thyroid tumors done over a period of 4 years in Goa shows that the ratio of papillary to follicular carcinoma in Goa conforms to a iodine deficient status of the population.
date: 2007-03
date_type: published
publication: Online Journal Of Health And Allied Sciences
volume: 5
number: 4
publisher: Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Arora, Dr Raman and Dias, Dr Avril  (2007) Iodine and Thyroid Cancer in Goa.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/5495/1/2006-4-3.pdf